Apparatus for catching fish.



PATENTED JULY s1, 1906.

0. G. BOLITHO. APPARATUS FOR CATGHING FISH.

.APPLICATIONv FILED NOV.16, 1905.

'rHs NoRRls Pzrrns ca., WASHINGTON, n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 1906.

Application filed November 16,1905. Serial No, 287,639.

.To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OTHo GLYNN BoLrTHo, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at Kenegie, Gulval, Penzance, Cornwall, England, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for' CatchingFish, of which the following is a s ecification.

According to this invention sii are caught in a trap or net into ortoward which they are attracted by a lamp. The trap or netis suspendedfrom a frame by means of tackle whereby the net may be raised andlowered. Tackle is also provided by means of which the lamp may beseparately raised or lowered, and the frame is movable in such mannerthat it may be swung out from a boat or from shore or swung in whenlanding the net.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of myimproved apparatus applied to a boat. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of amodified form ofthe apparatus.

In Fig. 1, A indicates a movable frame or arm a plied to a boat X andsup orted in suitablb bearings m, so as to be ab e to turn about avertical axis. The frame has an overhanging portion a, to which guylines or rods B are applied. The net or trap O may be of any approvedconstruction, and it is provided with tackle supported on the frame A,by means of which it can be raised and lowered. In this instance thepulley-block D is provided with a hook d, engaging the ropes or bails Eof the net. A rope F is attached at f to a pulley-block G, suspendedfrom the frame A, and passes around the pulley-block D, through the andthrough a guide-roller H, mounted in suitable bearings near the 'lowerend of the frame A. By this tackle the net or trap may be raised orlowered to any desired extent, and by swinging the frame A the net maybe moved out away from the boat or moved into the boat or withinconvenient reach of the attendant.

Thelamp Iis provided with separate tackle, by means of which it may beseparately raised and lowered. shown in Fig. 1, a

rope J, attached to the lamp, passes over a pulley in the block G anddown under a guideroller at H. Thus the lamp and the net ma beseparately raised and lowered. After the net has been set some time thelamp may be raised out of the way, and then the net may be separatelyraised, thus avoiding any danger of twisting the ropes.

In Fig. 2 the supporting-frame is shown as consisting of parallel armsK, pivoted at k to suitable supports and provided with counterweights L.The outer ends of the arms are connected by a cross-bar M, carryingguidepulleys for the ropes which support the net .and the lamp. The netC in this instance is shown as being provided with two supporting-ropesN, which pass over the pulleys n on the rod M.

The lamp I may be an electric lamp and is supported by a rope O, passingover a pulley o. It may be desirable to supply current to the lampthrough a separate wire or cable, which is indicated at P, and it ispreferable to provide a separate guide-pulley p on the rod M for thiscable. Thus the net may be raised and lowered and swung into the boat orwithin convenient reach, and the lamp'may be raised and loweredseparately whenever desired.

I claiml. The combination of a bag net or trap, a

movable su porting-frame, tackle suspending the net om the frame, a lampand independent means for raising and lowering the lamp out of and intothe net.

2. The combination of a bag net or trap, a swinging supporting-frame,tackle supported by the frame for raising and lowering the net, anelectric lamp, tackle supported by the frame for raising and loweringthe lamp, and an electric conductor supported by the frame and extendingto the lamp.

OTHO GLYNN BOLITHO.

' Witnesses:

JOHN I-I. WHITEHEAD. FREDK. C. WEATHERLY.

